3D Digital Design of Cranes' Structures Based on Hybrid Software Architecture

1 Introduction Quayside container cranes are one of the main machinery usedinshiptransportation andincrease rapidly allover the worldinthe recent years .The cranes are verylarge and complex machines .Their structures have vari-ous configurations and alot of design parametersto meet the different natural ,environmental and operating con-ditions of every harbor .In addition,the structures should be designed to conformto the requirements aboutstrength,stability,bucking,cumulative damage and vibra…

3D Digital Design of Cranes' Structures Based on Hybrid Software Architecture

3D digital design for cranes' structures based on hybrid software architecture of Client/Server and Browser/Server is introduced in this paper. Based on Pro/ENGINEER platform,3D parametric model family is built to allow generation of feasible configurations of cranes' structures in Client/Server framework. Taking use of Visual C ,the second exploiting software kit provided by Pro/ENGINEER and ANSYS GUI/APDL modeling patterns,an integration method of 3D CAD and CAE is achieved,which includes regeneration of 3D parametric model,synchronous updating and analysis of FEA model. As in Browser/Server framework,the 3D CAD models of parts,components and the whole structure could also be displayed in the customer's browser in VRML format.